Terminal · Marine
Marine Export Terminal
The jetty and berths where pipelines and storage meet the ships. It sets the largest ship size a port can take.
What it does
Receives oil from tanks on shore and loads it into tankers. In Canada the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia, is fed by delivery lines from the Burnaby Terminal of the Trans Mountain system and has three berths, each able to take an Aframax size tanker.
Basics
| Main parts | Trestle, berths, loading platform, mooring |
| Limits | Water depth and channel set the ship size |
| Canadian example | Westridge Marine Terminal, three Aframax berths |
Common failures
- Ship size limited by water depth, so cargoes need more trips or lightering
Troubleshooting
- Symptom
- Ships cannot load to full capacity
- Likely cause
- Draft limit at the berth or in the channel
- What to check
- Plan partial loads to the draft limit